Hikaru Sulu

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Career

A Starfleet officer in the 23rd century, Sulu served as a helmsman aboard the USS Enterprise when the ship was assigned to respond to the crisis caused by Nero. He replaced Helmsman McKenna, who was ill. When the ship launched for Vulcan Sulu was temporarily embarrassed when he forgot to disengage the external inertial dampener, disabling the warp engines. After being reminded by Spock, Sulu was able to launch the ship successfully. Ironically, the short delay in arriving at Vulcan meant that the Enterprise avoided the battle between the Narada and the rest of the fleet, quite possibly saving the ship.1

Sulu was one of the three officers who space-dived onto the Narada's drilling rig head to disable it. He singlehandedly killed both of the Romulans manning the drill, saving Kirk's life in the process. Kirk returned the favour when Sulu fell from the drill head as it retracted, diving off after him for a mid-air rendezvous.1